Memorandum device



F. 5. JENSEN 7 MEMORANDUM DEVICE Filed Oct. 25. 19.20

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Application filed October 23 1820. .Serial No. 419,016. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED S. JENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Richland, in the county of Waseca and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Memorandum Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to memorandum devices and provides a convenient holder for a stri of paper upon which a memorandum may be written, the invention being especially designed for attachment to a receptacle, such as a can.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a memorandum device having a novel form of paper holder, which may be easily and quickly removed from the casing for the insertion of a new roll.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, il lustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a memorandum device embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 3 is a transverse section.

Figure 4 is a detailed perspective view of the roller carrying frame.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing the manner of securing the rolls within the frame.

Referring to the drawings in detail,

wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the device as shown comprises a casing 10 which is provided in one face thereof with an opening 11, the said opening being normally closed by a plate 12. This plate is hingedly secured to the casing as shown at 13 and is yieldingly held in closed position through the medium of a spring 14. One end of this plate is provided with an extension 15 which projects beyond the side edge of the casing 10 and provides convenient means for raising the plate to uncover the opening 11.

One side edge of the casing is open as indicated at 16 and slidable within the cas ing through this opening is a roller carrying frame which includes side bars 17 and end bars 18, the said bars being connected by a plate 19, which, when the frame is in position within the casing will be located directly beneath the opening 11 to provide a backing plate or platen. Removably positioned in bearings provided in the side bars 17 are rollers 20, one of said rollers being provided with an operating knob 21. The

other roller is designed to have wound thereon a strip of memorandum paper 22 which is passed between the opening 11 and the plate 19 and is wound upon the roller 20 by means of the knob 21. The outer side bar 17 of the frame is designed to fit snugly within the opening provided in the side edge of the casing 10 so that accidental removal of the frame will be prevented. If desired, however, other means may be provided. One end of the casing is provided with an eye v 23 by means of which the device may be secured in position.

The rollers 20 are removably mounted within the side bars 17 of the roller carrying frame, one end of these rollers'being positioned within sockets 25 formed in one of the side bars, whilethe opposite ends of the rollers are located within openings 26 of the opposite side bar. The rollers 20 are provided at opposite ends with sockets 27, one of which may have a threaded engagement with the knob 21. A spring plate 28 is secured to one of the side bars 17 ad jacent one end of each of the rollers and these plates carry pins 29 for removable engaement in the sockets 27 ecured to the platen 19, is a leaf spring 24, whose ends extend beyond the sides of the platen for contact with the paper rolls to provide tensioning means for the paper strip.

The device is especially designed for the use of dairymen when delivering cream to the creamery and for this purpose it is preferred to have imprinted or otherwise secured upon the face of the casing the name and number of the dairyman, so that the latter may deliver his cream and be given the proper credit and the proper memorandum noted upon the paper strip'22.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A memorandum device comprising a casing having an opening in one face thereof and an opening in one side edge, a frame removably received Within the casing and closing the side opening, said frame including side bars and end bars and a platen connecting the side bars and said platen being located beneath the opening in the face of the casing, paper receiving rollers removably positioned in bearings provided in the side bars, whereby a strip of paper may be re passed between the face opening and platen and a tensioning spring secured transversely across the platen and having its opposite ends extending for contact with the rollers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa- 116 ture.

FRED s. Jensen. 

